Pavel Besta (born 2 September 1982) is a Czech football player, currently playing for FK Seko Louny. Club career Besta started football career in his native Ostrava at local side Baník Ostrava. He was a member of Baník's 2003–2004 season title-winning squad. The next season, Baník played in the first round of the UEFA Cup, with Besta playing in both legs of the 4–1 aggregate defeat to English Premier League side Middlesbrough. During that season, he also won the Czech Cup with Baník. In 2007, he moved to Viktoria Žižkov, where he spent two seasons. In his second season, Besta was part of the team that saw Žižkov relegated to the Czech 2. Liga. In January 2010, Besta moved to Slovakia to play for Slovak Superliga side MFK Ružomberok. At the time of the transfer, he had played over 200 games in the Czech Gambrinus liga. He played 13 times for Ružomberok as they finished the season in fifth place. Following his release from Ružomberok, Besta joined English Conference Premier side Luton Town on an initial trial period. He signed a one-year contract in August 2010 after impressing in a friendly against Newcastle United. However, he did not impress when he had a full-time contract, being the target of abuse from Luton fans following an error which led to a goal in a league game against Tamworth which Luton went on to lose 3–1. After just nine appearances, Besta was released from his contract with Luton in January 2011. International career Besta played for the Czech Republic youth national teams from under-15 level. He played five matches for the U-20 national team at the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship in Argentina. Between 2002 and 2003, Besta played seven times for the Czech Republic under-21 team. Achievements Czech Champion: 2003–2004 Czech Cup: 2005 References External links Profile at MFK Ružomberok website 1982 births Living people Sportspeople from Ostrava Czech footballers Czech Republic youth international footballers Czech Republic under-21 international footballers Association football midfielders Czech First League players FC Baník Ostrava players FK Viktoria Žižkov players MFK Ružomberok players Luton Town F.C. players Sandecja Nowy Sącz players Slovak Super Liga players National League (English football) players Expatriate footballers in Slovakia Expatriate footballers in England Expatriate footballers in Poland Czech expatriate footballers Czech expatriate sportspeople in Slovakia Czech expatriate sportspeople in England Czech expatriate sportspeople in Poland